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(Application filed Feb. 4, 1 901.)

(No Model.)

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y UNITED vSTATES PATENT FnrcE.

y MAURICE. SWITZER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD BRUNHOFF, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

LOCK.

SPECIFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,060, dated July 9, 1901.

Application ledv February 4, 1901. Serial No. 45,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- Be it known that I, MAURICE SWITZER, citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,- and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in locks adapted to be attached to packages and articles of various kinds.

One of its objects is to provide a simple and inexpensive lockwhich can be applied to various articles-such as cigar-boxes, books, bottles, dac-to prevent access of strangers thereto.

Another object is to provide a simple and reliable combination device for securing the same.

The invention also consists in certain details of form, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure 1 is aperspective view of the front of my lock. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the opposite side thereof. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the same, showing the lock attached to a cigar-box. Fig. 4: is an inside plan view of the tumblersl of the combination set up ready to receive or release the bolt. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the tumblers thrown to lock the bolt. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of one of the tumblers. Fig. 7 is an endelevation of a book, showing the manner of attaching my lock thereto. Fig. 8 is a side elevation showing a modification of my lock adapted to be attached to a bottle. Fig. 9 is a section through the same on line z a of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the lock, Fig. 8.

The lock consists of a plate A, which carries abolt B. This plate is secured to the body of the box or other article preferably Vby means of a screw C, which may be formed integral with the plate, as in Figs. 1 and v7,

or may be inserted separately,'as in Fig. 9. The plate A may be secured direct tothe article or to a metalvstrap D, as in Figs. 7 and 8.

Hinged to the plate A is another plate R, which serves as a locking-plate to retain the parts to be locked in the desired position relative to each other. The form of this lockingplate will be varied somewhat in order to adapt it to the different styles of articles to which it is to be applied. As shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 7, the upper end of the plate is bent at right angles, so as to overlap the boxlid or book-cover and prevent its being raised. The same form may be employed for bottles, or, as shown in Fig. l0, the end of this plate may be formed into or provided with a spur E, which may engage over the top of the cork or be forced into the side of the cork, as shown in Fig. 8.

In order to lock the two plates together, I preferably employ a series of tumblers pivoted on a stud-shaft F, projecting from the outer face of the locking-plate. Two or more of these tumblers may be employed, as desired. The outer tumbler G is formed in the shape of a cap, so as to inclose the other tumblers, and its circumference is subdivided and marked, so as to permit the combination to be set up byturning this cap on its journal. The bolt B is provided witha head and a narrow neck, and the tumblers are notched at I, so that when the several tumblers are set up these notches aline with each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and the head of the bolt can be inserted, -and upon subsequently throwing the tumblers, as indicated in Fig. 5, the notches are thrown out of alinement, preventing the withdrawal of the bolt-head. As shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, only two tumblers G and K are employed. I represents pins on the respective tumblers, by means of which the notches are brought into alinement.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10 the plate A is provided with curved ears M M', which rest against the neck of the bottle and prevent the plate A from swiveling on the screw O. The lock is preferably attached tothe bottle by means of the strap D', which at one end and next to the plate Ais thickened into a face-plate N. The opposite end of the strap after' encircling the bottle is threaded into a slot O in the face-plate N, and then the lock is attached by means of the screw C, which pierces the end of the strap and locks the end thereof into the slot in the face-plate. Other mechanism may, however, be employed to secure the lock to the bottle.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a lock ot the character set forth, a faceplate adapted to be secured to one of the members to be locked and provided with a projecting bolt; a plate hinged to the lower end thereof and having its upper end adapted to engage the opposite member to be locked; and means carried by the locking-plate for engaging the bolt and locking the faces of said plates together,substantially as specied.

2. In a lock of the character described, a face-plate adapted to be attached to one of the members to be locked; a bolt projecting Jtherefrom; a locking-plate hinged thereto and with its free end adapted to engage the opposite member to be locked; a recess through the locking-plate for the passage of the bolt; and a series of notched tumblers adapted to engage beneath the head of the bolt, substantially as specified.

3. In a lock of the character described, tWo plates hinged together at one end and adapted to be locked together at the opposite end; a bolt projecting from one of said plates; and a series of notched tumblers adapted to engage beneath the head of said bolt, the outer one of said tumblers forming a cap to inclose the bolt-head and inner tumblers, substantially as specified.

4. In a lock of the character described, a bolt having a head and a reduced neck; a tumbler having a notch in its periphery; a capshaped tumbler seating over and inclosing said inner tumbler and having a counterpart notch adapted to register With the notch on the inner tumbler and permit the passage of the bolt-head; and pins on the respective tumblers for setting the inner tumbler, substantially as specified.

5. In a lock of the character described, a metallic band adapted to encircle the article to be locked; aface-plate provided with abolt andadapted to be secured to said strap, a screw adapted to simultaneously secure the face-plate in position, and to lock the ends of the band together; a locking-plate hinged to the face-plate at one end and provided at the opposite end with a spur adapted to engage the opposite member to be locked; and means for locking the two plates together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MAURICE SWITZER.

lVitnesses:

JAKE JOSEPH, W. F. KLINE. 

